A man being sought by police for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in High Point killed himself Monday morning in Lexington, authorities have confirmed.

Erik William Lehr, 32, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage building behind the Bass Food Mart on Hargrave Road, said Maj. Mark Sink of the Lexington Police Department. An exact time he was found wasn’t immediately available, but a press release issued just after 8 a.m. indicated the manhunt was over.

Officers had been searching for Lehr since 12:36 a.m. That’s when they responded to vitacost.com on Lexington Parkway in the Lexington Business Park to investigate a suspicious vehicle. The woman ran to officers, and Lehr fled into the woods, Sink said.

“We have been looking for him all night with the assistance of the Highway Patrol and the Department of Correction,” Sink said. “Our information is that she was kidnapped in High Point. It’s very early on in the investigation, and we are working with High Point Police.”

The woman, who police called an acquaintance of Lehr, was not injured.

Police had issued a press release warning the suspect was considered armed and dangerous, and residents and motorists in the area should use caution.

High Point Police Det. Lt. Kevin Ray and another detective from his agency visited Lexington about 4 a.m. in regard to the kidnapping. He said officers decided at that time that LPD would be handling the entire case, including the kidnapping in High Point.

Ray said the kidnapping of the woman, who is in her mid-20s, occurred in the 600 block of Hendrix Street in southeast High Point between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 12:40 a.m. He said the woman had no established address, as she was in transition from another location.

“My information was that they had been a boyfriend and girlfriend in the past,” he said, adding that it appears the incident was partially due to a break up between Lehr and the victim.